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References
Species used
Analytical methodology
used
Components Analysed
Metals analysed
Instrument used for
analysis
Prouty et al. (2013)
Diplorialabyrinthiformis Acid digestion using
ultra-pure concentrated
nitric acid
Coral powder
Pb
Zn
Mn
Ca
Hg
High-Resolution Double
Focusing Magnetic
Sector-Field Inductively
Coupled Plasma Mass
Spectrometer
(HR-SF-ICP-MS)
Barakat et al. (2014)
Stylophora sp,
Pocillopora sp,
Acropora sp,
Fungia sp,
Porites sp
Skeleton: 1:1 nitric acid:
water, nitric acid,
hydrogen peroxide, HCl
Tissue: 1:1 nitric acid:
hydrogen peroxide, HCl,
lanthanum chloride
Skeleton and tissue
separately
Cd
Cu
Pb
Zn
Ni
Cr
Flame Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy (FAAS)
Chan et al. (2014)
Tubastraea coccinea
Nitric acid digestion
Skeleton and tissue
separately
Al
Cd
Co
Cr
Cu
Fe
Mn
Ni
Pb
Zn
Ca
Inductively Coupled
Plasma Optical Emission
Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
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